Customizable, reconfigurable graphical user interface
First Claim
1. A method for dynamically configuring a graphical user interface, the method comprising:
- determining a set of characteristics associated with a display device;
configuring, without user intervention, the graphical user interface based on the determined set of characteristics; and
displaying the configured graphical user interface to a user on the display device.
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Abstract
A graphical user interface (“GUI”) for a software-controlled media/data organizer and playback system including a display screen with a plurality of user-activatible search and selection buttons for use in accessing the media/data selections from one or more storage devices. The GUI, when started on a suitable system, automatically senses the system'"'"'s display screen size and automatically configures the GUI buttons, windows and other characteristics of the display to conform thereto. The GUI also enables the user to configure and customize the GUI buttons, windows and other display characteristics to suit his/her particular needs and preferences. Additionally, the GUI includes an improved asynchronous media/data selection search facility that displays in a GUI search window, substantially immediately, the initial results of a search request while additional searching proceeds asynchronously “behind the scenes” until the follow-on results are ready for display. The search facility is also adopted to account for misspellings, date transposition and other errors and other errors made by the user during entry of search requests. Other improved features of the GUI include its ability to merge or synchronize the search and selection buttons and media/data selections among different systems and the ability to monitor and report details of a user'"'"'s activity on a given system.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for dynamically configuring a graphical user interface, the method comprising:
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determining a set of characteristics associated with a display device; configuring, without user intervention, the graphical user interface based on the determined set of characteristics; and displaying the configured graphical user interface to a user on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for dynamically configuring a graphical user interface, the method comprising:
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activating, by a user, one or more buttons of the graphical user interface; recording a set of user information based on the activated buttons; performing an analysis on the recorded user information; and reconfiguring the graphical user interface based on the performed analysis - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for dynamically configuring a graphical user interface, the method comprising:
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selecting a category button of the graphical user interface; selecting one or more subcategory buttons of the graphical user interface; generating a playlist of media from at least one of a local database and a remote database; displaying the generated playlist to a user; and saving the generated playlist. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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